“I’ve been clean for two days.” I told Andy with wide-eyes and a-too-serious-to-be real tone of  voice. I’ve been sick with the worst sore throat since I was a preteen sick with strep and it seemingly knocked out any sort of regular caffeine craving. He knows me well enough to know the big deal that […]

I was on facebook and this headline kept showing up in my newsfeed: EMMA Magazine. Curious, I clicked on it. What I found was the cutest, local magazine full of fun tutorials from hair to crafts and beautiful photographs. I kept watch of this little publication for awhile, and soon enough I knew I had […]

These two have to be two of my most creative friends. Millie met Jonathan at my cousin’s wedding. Now, he’s in Chicago while she’s here (I don’t mind–I’m holding onto this girl as long as I can have her). I started hearing about this Jonathan guy who was creating beautiful images (he’s a graphic designer) for […]

I just love a wedding swimming with notes of rustic charm. Hence, the Farm at South Mountain is one of my favorite venues in the valley. New friend Jillian Hogan asked me to cover this wedding with her and I was blown away with the romantic florals. I pulled some of my favorite shots from […]

Yesterday marked an exciting day as I waited for the Spring Lookbook of Neiman Marcus to finally arrive. Why? Because CMP is in it! Yup, that right…see for yourself! A couple months ago Butter & Me bakeshop in Scottsdale approached me about shooting a photo of their beautifully designed spring cupcake that was carefully selected […]

This session started with Erin and I reminiscing about how we know each other. There were several potential avenues for crossing paths (friends in common, homeschooling) but we eventually decided it was dance that really brought our lives together. We had fun reminiscing on those dreams of old and how much we loved the art […]

Katelyn is graduating this spring from her undergrad at Biola University. I was thrilled when the McNeely Family told me they had another reason for me to photograph for them (remember Abbee and Justin’s engagement session at Tempe Beach Park?). I kinda/sorta stalked Katelyn via facebook leading up to our session (we had never actually […]

Stop by and think “WOW!” what happened here? Well friends, lots of hard work, many gracious and talented people, and lots of growing in learning myself. I’ve been dreaming of bringing a new look to CMP since early last year, and am overwhelmed to see this happen today with the blog. I love that my […]

Erin and Andrew are two sweet souls with an strongly evident  component of friendship to their love. I loved how much Andrew had Erin laughing during their sweet session at the base of South Mountain. When they showed up to our first consult riding bikes, I thought we might just get along :). I’m so […]

I’m typing this as I sit in a local Starbucks bumming off their internet because mine stopped working at home, while drinking a kale smoothie from the Whole Foods next door. Never thought I’d say this, but totally being one of those customers right now, ha! You know you’ve reached total nerd status when you […]